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Central Bedfordshire

SG7 house prices in Central Bedfordshire

Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Central Bedfordshire, from official UK data in one place.

Typical sold price

£362,500

Range £183,850–£686,200 · 250 real sales

Real sales
250

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Apr 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.

Summary

House prices in SG7: the typical (median) sold price is £362,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SG7 is an active market, with about 16 recorded sales a month. By property type, 32% were terraced homes (typically £352,500) and 27% were flats (typically £210,000).

Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.

Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,516 a year: Central Bedfordshire's published charge for 2026-27.

Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27.

Our take · opinion, not advice

Our take on SG7: steady sales, so price from the evidence

250 sales since April 2025 make SG7 a steady market, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.

If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £183,850 to £686,200 makes £362,500 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; roughly 16 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.

Sell house

If you are looking to buy, typical prices in SG7 sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.

On any SG7 home we would check flood risk over the long term, council tax (Band D is £2,516 a year) and what has been built or proposed nearby, and ask a conveyancer to read the title.

Averages only go so far, so the free SG7 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.

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At a glance

SG7 in four numbers

The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.

  • Typical price

    £362,500

    HM Land Registry

  • Sales a month

    15.8

    Across 250 sales

  • Council tax, Band D

    £2,516

    A year

The data, honestly

House prices in SG7

These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.

By property type

Average house price in SG7 by property type

Detached homes have the highest typical price at £627,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £210,000.

See the figures
Sales, typical price and middle-80% range by property type in SG7
TypeSalesTypicalRange
Detached34£627,500£404,000–£982,000
Semi-detached61£430,000£315,000–£637,500
Terraced73£352,500£254,400–£506,500
Flat / maisonette63£210,000£106,500–£300,600

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Apr 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter in SG7

The quarterly typical price rose 40.0%, from £325,000 in Q2 2025 (31 sales) to £455,000 in Q3 2026 (17 sales).

See the figures
Median sold price and number of recorded sales for each recent quarter in SG7
QuarterTypical priceSales
Q2 2025£325,00031
Q3 2025£370,00080
Q4 2025£355,00054
Q1 2026£310,00031
Q2 2026£372,50037
Q3 2026£455,00017

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Apr 2025 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.

Range and mix

The spread of SG7 prices

How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.

Price range

Where most SG7 homes sold

Eight in ten sales fell between £183,850 and £686,200, around a typical £362,500.

Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Apr 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.

Mix of homes

Who is selling in SG7

Terraced homes were 32% of recorded sales (73 of 231). 73% of sales were freehold and 27% leasehold.

Property type

  • Detached15%
  • Semi-detached26%
  • Terraced32%
  • Flat / maisonette27%

Tenure

  • Freehold73%
  • Leasehold27%
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182 freehold (73%) and 68 leasehold (27%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SG7, including 9 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Apr 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.

Sold twice: what the same home resold for

The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.

  • ELMWOOD COURT, HIGH STREET, BALDOCK

    £95,000 (2025)£105,000 (2026)+10.5% over 0.9 yrs (+11.9%/yr)

  • 41, HOPEWELL ROAD, BALDOCK

    £85,000 (2025)£132,500 (2025)+55.9% over 0.6 yrs (+122.3%/yr)

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.

On the map

Where SG7 sits in Central Bedfordshire

The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in SG7

  • 11, KINGS MOUNT, BALDOCK

    Detached · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026

    £670,000

  • 32, CHILVERS BANK, BALDOCK

    Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026

    £428,200

  • 2, RINGTALE PLACE, BALDOCK

    Detached · Freehold · 4 Aug 2026

    £425,000

  • 39, LARKINS CLOSE, BALDOCK

    Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026

    £362,500

  • 27, PARK DRIVE, BALDOCK

    Terraced · Freehold · 28 Jul 2026

    £300,000

All sales

Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SG7 includes the Arbury ward.

In plain English

What the Central Bedfordshire (SG7) numbers mean

  • The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £627,500 against £210,000 for flats: about 3.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
  • Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £183,850 and £686,200, so the median says little about any one home.
  • This is an active district: about 16 recorded sales a month.

Based on 250 recorded sales between 29 April 2025 and 24 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Area data

What else the records hold on SG7

Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.

Council tax

What council tax costs in SG7

£2,516

Band D a year in Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.

All bands
Annual council tax charge for each band in Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27
Band1991 valueA year
Aup to £40,000£1,677
B£40,001–£52,000£1,957
C£52,001–£68,000£2,237
D£68,001–£88,000£2,516
E£88,001–£120,000£3,075
F£120,001–£160,000£3,634
G£160,001–£320,000£4,194
Hover £320,000£5,032

These are Central Bedfordshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority SG7 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Central Bedfordshire · data to 2026-27 financial year

Schools

Schools near SG7

8

open schools within 3 km, nearest Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School.

All schools
  • Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG7 6PB

    1.8 km

    Good · 2016

  • The Knights Templar School

    Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SG7 6DZ

    2.2 km

    Good · 2012

  • St John Roman Catholic Primary School

    Primary · Academies · SG7 6TT

    2.5 km

    Good · 2012

  • Brandles School

    Academies · SG7 6EY

    2.6 km

    Good · 2024

  • Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School

    Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG6 1AG

    2.8 km

    Good · 2012

  • Weston Way Nursery School

    Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · SG7 6HD

    2.8 km

    Outstanding · 2024

  • St Mary's Infants' School

    Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG7 6HY

    2.9 km

    Good · 2023

  • St Mary's Junior Mixed School

    Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SG7 6HY

    2.9 km

    Good · 2022

School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the SG7 district centroid, not from any address.

Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record

Area context

Planning and deprivation near SG7

What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.

Planning applications

Planning activity around SG7

We hold no cached planning record for SG7: either nothing was found near the district centre when it was last checked, or this district has not been checked yet. Either way we do not fetch on this page, so you can run a live planning search for SG7.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for SG7

Decile 9 of 10

Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived
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Across the 12 sampled SG7 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

SG7 5DG, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so SG7 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SG7: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices

Cost to run

Two sources, one table

What it costs to run a home in SG7, band by band

Central Bedfordshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SG7 median sold price of £362,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.

Council tax band, its 1991 valuation range, the annual and monthly charge in Central Bedfordshire for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the SG7 median sold price
Band1991 valueVOA basisA yearCentral BedfordshireA month÷ 12Of the median÷ £362,500
Aup to £40,000£1,677£1400.46%
B£40,001–£52,000£1,957£1630.54%
C£52,001–£68,000£2,237£1860.62%
D£68,001–£88,000£2,516£2100.69%
E£88,001–£120,000£3,075£2560.85%
F£120,001–£160,000£3,634£3031.00%
G£160,001–£320,000£4,194£3501.16%
Hover £320,000£5,032£4191.39%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SG7 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Central Bedfordshire, 2026-27.

Address by address

Address by address

What individual homes in SG7 sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 230 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG7. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.

  • 11, KINGS MOUNT, BALDOCK

    SG7 6FP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £670,000

    2026-08-24

  • 32, CHILVERS BANK, BALDOCK

    SG7 6HS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £428,200

    2026-08-07

  • 2, RINGTALE PLACE, BALDOCK

    SG7 6RX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    See this address
    £425,0002026-08-04
  • 39, LARKINS CLOSE, BALDOCK

    SG7 5DG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £362,500

    2026-07-31

  • 27, PARK DRIVE, BALDOCK

    SG7 6EW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £300,000

    2026-07-28

  • 8, PARK DRIVE, BALDOCK

    SG7 6EQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £405,500

    2026-07-24

  • 2, ANCHOR ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 6LG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £575,000

    2026-07-16

  • 36, WEDON WAY, BALDOCK

    SG7 5DX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £777,500

    2026-07-16

  • 22, ICKNIELD WAY, BALDOCK

    SG7 5AL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £455,000

    2026-07-16

  • SANCERRE, COLD HARBOUR, BALDOCK

    SG7 5NF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £985,000

    2026-07-10

  • 70, MERCIA ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 6RZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £380,000

    2026-07-09

  • 7, ORCHARD ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 5AG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £700,000

    2026-07-09

  • 11, ORCHARD ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 5AG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £465,000

    2026-07-07

  • 10C, WHITEHORSE STREET, BALDOCK

    SG7 6QN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £81,500

    2026-07-02

  • 34, THE LEAS, BALDOCK

    SG7 6JB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £487,000

    2026-07-02

  • 16, RIVETT CLOSE, BALDOCK

    SG7 6TW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £550,000

    2026-07-01

  • 23, SALE DRIVE, BALDOCK

    SG7 6NS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £425,000

    2026-07-01

  • 2, JACKSON STREET, BALDOCK

    SG7 5AQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £510,000

    2026-06-30

  • 43, WALNUT AVENUE, BALDOCK

    SG7 6BU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £390,000

    2026-06-26

  • 28, SOUTH ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 6BY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £650,000

    2026-06-26

  • 19, MERCIA ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 6RZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £365,000

    2026-06-23

  • 27, PINNOCKS LANE, BALDOCK

    SG7 6DD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £375,000

    2026-06-22

  • 112, CHILTERN ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 6LU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £270,000

    2026-06-19

  • 1, PEMBROKE ROAD, BALDOCK

    SG7 6DB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £532,500

    2026-06-18

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 1 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

Questions, answered

The SG7 report: your questions

What is the average house price in SG7?
The typical (median) sold price in SG7 is £362,500, from 250 recorded sales between 29 April 2025 and 24 August 2026. Most sales fell between £183,850 and £686,200. That is well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index averages). A median is the middle sale, so a few very expensive homes do not pull it up the way they pull up an average.
What does each type of home cost in SG7?
Typical sold prices by type in SG7: terraced homes £352,500 (73 sales), flats £210,000 (63 sales), semi-detached homes £430,000 (61 sales), detached homes £627,500 (34 sales). Use the figure for your type of home rather than the all-homes median.
How much is council tax in SG7?
SG7 is billed by Central Bedfordshire, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £2,516 a year. Every band from A to H is listed on this page. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and there is no free per-address dataset for it, so we never guess an individual home's band. Look it up on GOV.UK and read your row.
Which schools are near SG7?
The Department for Education's register lists 8 open schools within 3 km of the SG7 district centre, the nearest being Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School (last Ofsted grade: Good). These are nearest by straight-line distance from the district centroid. They are not catchment or admission areas, which councils set individually and do not publish centrally.
How up to date are the SG7 sold prices?
Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 28 August 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.
Is SG7 a deprived area?
On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 SG7 postcodes we sampled (the ones with the most recent recorded sales, not a random sample) run from decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like SG7 usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.
Can I see what an individual address in SG7 sold for?
Yes. This page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 230 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SG7, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
Does SG7 cover my exact street?
SG7 is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges, not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

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Data sources

Every SG7 figure is official and dated

Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.

  • HM Land RegistrySold prices
  • MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
  • Department for Education · OfstedSchools
  • Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
  • Police.UKStreet-level crime
  • Environment AgencyFlood risk
  • postcodes.io · ONSGeography

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.